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Assessing eLearning for Taking up Social Challenges - A Fitness Online Course for Senior Citizens

Authors:
Agathe Merceron
Ilona Buchem
Jörn Kreutel
Marten Haesner
Anika Steinert

Keywords: healthy ageing; senior citizens; online course; wearable activity tracker; gamification

Abstract:
In this paper, we investigate whether a novel kind of online course on fitness designed to take into account specificities of elderly people and integrating wearable trackers can motivate senior citizens to exercise more in a sound way and help improve their physical condition. The design principles of the online course including content, gamification elements and wearable fitness trackers are described, as well as a first evaluation with 20 participants. The results of the analysis of the users’ interactions are promising.

Pages: 7 to 12

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: April 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4367

ISBN: 978-1-61208-471-8

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016